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Buck -v- The Governor of Portlaoise Prison [2016] IEHC 402 (13 July 2016)
The High Court refused Anthony Buck’s Article 40 application for release, holding there was no causative link between any solicitor-access breach and the evidence used at trial.
Director of Public Prosecutions -v- Parker [2014] IEHC 652 (17 December 2014)
The High Court held that failure to contact a nominated solicitor before a mandatory blood sample did not make the evidence inadmissible, and the photograph issue did not invalidate the detention.
J.M (A Minor) -v- Member in charge Coolock Garda Station [2013] IEHC 251 (03 May 2013)
The High Court refused a habeas corpus application by a minor detained on drug suspicion, holding there was no right to have a solicitor present during Garda interviews.
DPP -v- A.D. [2012] IESC 33 (24 May 2012)
The Supreme Court held that only the portion of an interview tainted by a deliberate breach of access to a solicitor had to be excluded, and dismissed the appeal.
DPP -v- Craig White [2011] IECCA 78 (19 October 2011)
The Court of Criminal Appeal refused leave to appeal Craig White’s murder conviction, upholding fingerprint evidence, an arrest warrant, and forensic sample procedures.
DPP -v- McCrea [2010] IESC 60 (09 December 2010)
The Supreme Court upheld dismissal of a breath-specimen refusal charge, holding the accused had been denied reasonable access to a solicitor as advised by GardaĂ.
DPP -v- Glen Creed [2009] IECCA 95 (31 July 2009)
The Court of Criminal Appeal refused leave to appeal against a robbery conviction, finding the circumstantial evidence sufficient and no reviewable error in the solicitor-access ruling.
DPP -v- Glen Creed [2009] IECCA 90 (31 July 2009)
Application for leave to appeal refused in a robbery case. The court upheld the jury verdict, found no defective jury directions, and addressed access to a solicitor.
DPP -v- Raymond Gormley [2009] IECCA 86 (27 July 2009)
The Court of Criminal Appeal refused leave to appeal, holding that Garda entry became lawful when invited in and that reasonable efforts to contact a solicitor were sufficient.
D. P. P. -v- Mc Crea [2009] IEHC 39 (28 January 2009)
The High Court held that refusing a detained accused access to a solicitor before a breath-test procedure rendered the detention unlawful and justified exclusion of the refusal evidence.
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